Why Was the Adoption of Expensive New Technologies More Effective

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Essay

Why was the adoption of expensive new technologies more effective in limiting oil discharges by tankers as opposed to the cheaper alternatives that failed to change the behavior of tanker operators?

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Supreme Court

The highest judicial body in a country, particularly in the United States, where it has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of constitutional or federal law.

Unconstitutional

An action or statute that violates the constitution or goes beyond the powers granted by it.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A civil rights protest in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, where African Americans refused to use the city buses to fight against segregated seating.

Rosa Parks

An African American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 led to a citywide boycott and became a symbol of the fight against racial segregation.